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ELeague Major results: Astralis wins $500,000

Zorine Te
Astralis takes home their first major win.
Astralis takes home their first major win.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event ELeague Major, backed by Turner and WME IMG, has come to a close, and following a gripping grand final, Danish team Astralis took first place and a cool $500,000 in prize money.

This marks the first major win for Astralis, who closed out the tournament in a close 2-1 series of games against Virtus.pro. The event also marked a new milestone on Twitch, peaking with an audience of over 1,020,000 on the stream (via TheScoreEsports) and setting the record for the highest number of concurrent viewers on a single stream, according to Twitch senior esports manager Cristian Tamas.

The full tournament results are as follows:

  • 1st. Astralis ($500,000)

  • 2nd. Virtus.pro ($150,000)

  • 3rd-4th. SK Gaming ($70,000)

  • 3rd-4th. Fnatic ($70,000)

  • 5th-8th. Natus Vincere ($35,000)

  • 5th-8th. Gambit ($35,000)

  • 5th-8th. FaZe ($35,000)

  • 5th-8th. North ($35,000)

  • 9th-11th. EnVyUs ($8,750)

  • 9th-11th. GODSENT ($8,750)

  • 9th-11th. Liquid ($8,750)

  • 12th-14th. mousesports ($8,750)

  • 12th-14th. G2 ($8,750)

  • 12th-14th. OpTic ($8,750)

  • 15th-16th. HellRaisers ($8,750)

  • 15th-16th. FlipSid3 ($8,750)

The Yahoo Esports team was present at the event. Check out our videos below to get some of the latest interviews and insights straight from the show.


Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander breaks down Astralis’s historic Major victory.


Astralis’s Peter “dupreeh” Rothmann talks about making it into his first major grand finals and opens up about the relationship between his personal and professional life.


Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz talks Astralis’s game against Na’Vi, working with a sports psychologist, and the team he hopes to face in the ELeague Major grand final.


Jason “moses” O’Toole discusses a bet he has with Anders Blume about who will win the ELeague Major.


Fnatic’s coach Jumpy talks about becoming a coach and the effect the new coaches rule has had on him.


Virtus Pro’s coach Jakub “kuben” Gurczyński talks the team’s playoff comeback, North American fans, and how having children has changed the team dynamic.


Dennis “dennis” Edman breaks down Fnatic’s game against Gambit, his practice schedule, and his thoughts on Astralis.

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